nerve repair
Fixing damaged neurons
Nerve repair is a surgical procedure to restore function to damaged nerves, typically by reconnecting severed ends or grafting tissue to bridge gaps.
The goal is to allow nerve fibers to regenerate and reestablish communication between the brain and affected body parts: The surgeon performed nerve repair on his severed finger.
Recovery is slow, as nerves regenerate at roughly an inch per month.
- microsurgeryMagnified procedures on minute structures
- suturesMedical wound closures
- myelinationFatty nerve coating
- Bell's palsySudden unilateral facial paralysis
- axonNeuron's signal-sending projection
neuron · growth factors · donor site · physical therapy · motor · fine motor skills · tingling sensation · sprouting · scarring · carpal tunnel syndrome · neural plasticity · sensory · function · severed · reconnection · trauma · muscle wasting · healing
- surgeriessurgery, appendectomy, hysterectomy, minor surgery, elective surgery
- surgerysurgery, surgeon, surgeons, operation, incision
- body healinghealing, recovery, regeneration, restoration, wound healing
- regenerationregeneration, healing, renewal, rebirth, revival
- Self-repairhealing, regeneration, recovery, restoration, renewal
- microsurgeryanastomosis, replantation
nerve repairnerve damage
Injured neural tissue
nerve injury · neuropathy · denervation · paralysis · nerve compression